PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Julianne Pachico was born in Cambridge and grew up in Cali, Colombia. Her short stories have been published in New Yorker, Granta and the White Review, and she teaches creative writing at UEA. Her other books include The Lucky Ones (2017) and The Anthill (2021).
Compelling, atmospheric and sultry -- Olivia Sudjic, author of Asylum Road Jungle House is extraordinary, a charming and ominous and utterly riveting story that reads partly like a fable, and partly like a premonition of our future -- Phil Klay, author of Redeployment As enchanting as a fairy tale, and equally sinister, Jungle House takes us to the primordial forest and a future where AI manages the every need of a wealthy elite. Richly textured, unpredictable and deeply satisfying, Pachico's captivating debut is both a provocative conjuring of a future that's almost upon us, and a moving exploration of the mother-daughter bond. After all, there's no love like a mother's love -- Victoria Gosling, author of Bliss and Blunder Praise for Julianne Pachico * : * A millennial's view of the complexities of Colombia, full of existential angst and funny details ... Go to Pachico's Colombia * The New York Times * Superb * Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble * Pachico is a gripping writer * The Times * Thrilling ... remarkably inventive * Atlantic * Pachico lays bare the trauma of life in post-peace Columbia * Ingrid Persaud, author of Love after Love *
